The following morning, Bianca and Dahlia agreed to meet in the kitchen earlier in case Amelie showed up for work. They met at 5am and while waiting for her, they made an early start on breakfast. Hazel, having spent a glorious day with her mate, came skipping into the kitchen with a spring in her step.
"Good morning Bianca! Dahlia! How are you doing?" Hazel said, in a sing-song voice.
"Someone is in a very good mood," Bianca teased.
"Someone is now a mated wolf," said Dahlia, nudging her. "With a warrior no less," she added, with a wink.
Hazel giggled and blushed a deep red; she had indeed been marked and had mated with Jasper, a pack warrior.
"How are you both doing?" she replied, trying to change the subject.
"No, no, you won't get away that easy," Bianca teased again, wigging her eyebrows at her. "We want details, but later."
"Where's Amelie? It's not like her to be late," asked Hazel, realising their youngest member was missing.
There was a silence; Bianca and Dahlia looked at each other and then at Hazel.
"Oh no, what's happened," asked Hazel, sensing the change in mood as omegas do.
They continued with breakfast preparation and agreed that they would talk after everything was cooked. By the time service was finished, Jake, Matt and Bella had also joined them, and they ate the remaining breakfast scraps between them. They filled Hazel in on the events that happened the previous day and she was shocked.
"I don't quite know what happened, but I can tell you a few things I observed. I did see Amelie making her way to the dining hall yesterday late afternoon. I passed her in the corridor as I needed to grab a change of clothes from my room. Jasper kind of destroyed the clothes I was wearing yesterday," she chuckled, but then her expression became more serious. "As I went upstairs, to my room, I could hear that b***h Vanessa talking to someone. She was boasting about how she got into the Alpha's rooms. I noticed she was on the floor above us in the Beta's and Alpha's wing. If that is where Amelie was just coming from then it is possible Vanessa may have seen her."
"Even if that slut had seen Amelie, unfortunately, it doesn't prove that she did anything," replied Bella. "Although I wouldn't put it past her."
"That time in her day, is the only window where we don't know what happened. Apart from after the Alpha dragged her away," Jake wondered, out loud
"Is there anyone else we know that might have been working in that part of the pack house?" asked Dahlia, thinking there may be someone who unwittingly witnessed something.
Just then, Aunt Lily burst into the room, completely out of breath which was unusual for a wolf. She was clearly desperate to get something off her chest; Bianca rushed to get her a glass of water and rubbed her back soothingly, to get her to calm down.
"I'm sorry my darlings, I meant to come first thing this morning, but some toe rags on the night shift flooded the main washroom and I couldn't just leave it," she started to explain.
"Out with it Aunt Lily, what is the matter?"
"It's Amelie. I-I went to visit the Alpha last night after you visited me asking about Amelie and I went to find out what had happened. I nursed him after all, I know his temperament and that foul temper of his. I spoke to him," Lily paused. "He's punished her Bianca; I get the feeling he has punished her very badly. He showed me his clothes and what had happened to them. They had been shredded, as though an animal had been at them, and they were soaked in blood, urine and the Moon Goddess knows what else. I told him she didn't do it, that I KNOW she didn't do it," Lily managed to croak out at the end as she got all choked up. All the omegas gasped in horror.
"What did the Alpha say?" Dahlia asked, certain that she was not going to like the response.
"He refused to believe me. He seems to think Amelie is deliberately defying him, but he doesn't know her."
There was a silence while they all digested this latest revelation and were reeling from the shock of it.
"It explains why she hasn't been back to her room and that she hasn't mind-linked anyone," reasoned Matt. "Aunt Lily, if the Alpha did punish her, where would he take her?"
"Oh, I have no idea my dear, but the cells in the pack dungeon would be where I would start. It's by the warriors training quarters."
"Maybe I can ask Jasper to let us go and check?" Hazel suggested. "Though I doubt he would let me."
"He might let one of us, or accompany us," answered Jake, pointing to himself or Matt.
"Ok, let's clear up here, Hazel speak to Jasper," Dahlia requested. "Aunt Lily you stay right there; I'm going to make you a cup of tea."
"Bless you Dahlia."
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After Hazel spoke to Jasper, he outright refused to allow Hazel into the dungeons. He did, however, agree to accompany Matt and Jake. He had training that morning but agreed to meet them there at noon and suggested to bring him lunch.
"Cheeky Jasper!" Dahlia exclaimed.
"You have no idea!" Hazel replied with a wink.
Later that morning, Matt and Jake walked over to the warrior's training area to meet Jasper.
"It's been a very long time since I was here," Jake replied.
"I recall the last time you were here was during training, in a bid to impress Bella," Hazel laughed.
"Little did he know they were mates all along!" Matt teased. "I remember watching you climb the rope, or well try to anyway."
"Hey that rope was put there to embarrass everyone!" said Jake, defending himself.
"Oh yeah is that why Bella beat you to the top?" Matt smirked.
"Shut up!"
The two of them giggled as Jake folded his arms in a fake strop. As they reached their destination, they saw Jasper was there waiting for them. Hazel greeted him with a kiss.
"You guys go ahead, I'll wait here with your lunch Jas," Hazel said, shooing them away.
"Don't talk to any of the warriors," Jasper growled, and then marched towards the pack prison cells. Hazel nodded.
"Woah possessive much?" Matt called, as he and Jake ran to catch up with him.
Jasper looked Matt up and down and shook his head.
"I think that was warrior speak for 'when you get a mate, you'll understand' or something like that," laughed Jake. "I feel the same."
Matt hadn't found his mate yet; he had been searching for three years now. Secretly he had been hoping it was Amelie, but he would have to wait another two years to find out.
They visited the dungeons and walked through all the levels and sub-levels. There was no sign of Amelie anywhere. They weren't sure if this was good news or bad news.
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Back at the pack house, after receiving a link from Jake that they hadn't seen Amelie in the pack prison, Bella decided they must go and see the Alpha.
Aunt Lily made an appointment that very afternoon and was relieved that the Alpha granted them an audience. They could finally make a case.
Aunt Lily, Hazel, Matt and Bianca went to go and see the Alpha. it made no sense for all of them to go, and pack duties also couldn't suffer. They approached his office and knocked on the door.
"Come in," came the brusque reply.
The Omegas entered his office and timidly stood in front of him, waiting for permission to sit or speak.
"Well?" Nero asked, and Lily confidently spoke up first.
"Alpha, we have two requests. To make a case to prove Amelie's innocence and to find out where she is."
"This again?" Nero growled. "What can you prove?"
"We have a witness that saw Vanessa on your floor in the pack house shortly after Amelie delivered your clothes. That same witness overheard her boasting that she got access into your rooms."
The Alpha sat up when he heard this and considered their words very carefully.
"Even if this is true, there's no explanation as to what happened to my clothes," he replied.
"You don't think it is even slightly suspicious Alpha?" Lily asked.
"Ok, even if I did, what can we prove?"
There was silence at this question.
"Wh-Where is Amelie Alpha sir? She hasn't been back to work today," asked Bianca. "We are worried about her."
"Don't worry about her, she is in a safe place," the Alpha smirked. "Now if that is all?"
They nodded and left the room. Lily turned at gave him one last look of hope.
"Please," she mouthed, and she walked out.
Nero thought about the new information that the Omegas had given him. 'If only I could see what happened in my room,' he thought, and then it struck him.
"Wait! That's it!" he exclaimed. "I wonder if it is still on."
Nero logged onto his computer and gave a call to the pack security office.
"Hello Benny? Do you still have the cameras in my suite activated?"
"Hello Alpha, yes I believe they should be, but I can check for you?"
"Yes Benny, I need the living room footage from yesterday right away."
"Yes Alpha."
Nero waited as patiently as he could and about 15mins later, he saw an email pop up from Benny and it did have an attachment much to his relief.
The video started up with nothing of particular interest, it showed him getting ready and leaving to meet with the pack committee and senior pack members. Nero then saw himself return a little later only wearing his boxers, as expected. He dressed himself again and left. Then a strange thing happened, later that afternoon he saw the room to his suite open and in walks Vanessa. She was wearing something particularly slutty which made his face crease with disgust.
He watched her look through his living room and then she wandered off somewhere, probably to his bedroom. Nero mind-linked Benny requesting all the other footage of his suite from that day as he saw Vanessa disappear off camera. He forwarded the footage by about half an hour and then saw a timid Amelie walk in with his freshly clean and pressed suit. He witnessed the slight altercation between Amelie and Vanessa, and the words they exchanged. Eventually, he sees Amelie relent, leaving the clothes on the settee. Amelie turns and leaves his room and Nero began to feel a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.
"Oh no no! Omega where did you go? Get back in my room!" he shouted at the screen.
Nothing could have prepared Nero for what he was about to see. After Vanessa made sure Amelie left, he watched her remove the clothes from the sleeve and partly shift into her wolf. Vanessa ripped the clothes to shreds and bled over them. She shifted back to her human form and then sat on the settee. Pulling her dress up and spreading her legs wide and she began to finger her p***y and rub her c**t. She continued to pleasure herself until she was about to orgasm, and she came all over his suit and then pissed over it too rubbing her p***y all over it. Grinning like a Cheshire cat after satisfying herself, she placed the clothes back into their plastic cover on the settee, she straightened up her appearance and walked out, cool as a cucumber.
Nero was speechless, and although he had no words to describe what he had just seen or how he felt about it. There was one word that continually kept repeating itself over and over again in his head.
"f**k!"